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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
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description: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 563"
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citation: "Maryland HB 563 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Behler", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Mangione", "McComas", "Moon", "Moreno", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Stinnett", "Valentine", "Woods"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-28"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bd20360-123d-4c9f-a951-89d9ea2b59e9"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0563?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "f8c3820ee9f4e9943f093e4fd9e275322043a0ec149faa258836b9a743bb116d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 563 (2026) — Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_402_hb0563e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0563e.pdf)
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3. **First - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0563f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0563t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **125–0** (pass) · lower
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Arikan — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Mangione — primary (person)
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- McComas — primary (person)
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- Moon — primary (person)
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- Moreno — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- Stinnett — primary (person)
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- Valentine — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-28** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Henson) Adopted
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- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Henson) Adopted
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- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
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- **2026-04-10** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bd20360-123d-4c9f-a951-89d9ea2b59e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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